#C9CA52#C9CA52

#C9CA52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.142 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CA52
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 82)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 59.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -15.69, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 60.26, 105.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0475 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.142 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7323, 55.2690, 16.1873)
Luminance	0.5527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CA52 #5352CA

analogous

#CA8F52 #C9CA52 #8DCA52

triadic

#C9CA52 #52C9CA #CA52C9

tetradic

#C9CA52 #52CA8F #5352CA #CA528D

square

#C9CA52 #52CA8F #5352CA #CA528D

split-complementary

#C9CA52 #528DCA #8F52CA

monochromatic

#7B7C26 #AAAB34 #C9CA52 #D8D881 #E6E7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C9CA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#C9CA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA52

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CA52	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ca52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.142 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd987',
    500: '#c9ca52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ca52;
$custom-light: #dcd987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ca52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81523,
    "c": 0.14161,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CA52

secondary

#3D3C84

accent

#4BDD4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CA52

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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